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"The other day, I was at the gas pump. I hate going to the gas pump, because the numbers there are so high, which I know is a deliberate distraction from the real problems Americans face: the hazardous, dangerous trees on East Potomac Golf Links. No one is safe from those trees."

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It's not mine to name. I don't feed it. My neighbors who feed it don't even have a name for it. They refer to it as something in Dutch, but I don't think it's a name. Naming implies ownership, and this cat owns itself.

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Later when I went out to water the plants, the white cat sat in the yard, looking smugly at me like, "Mission accomplished. I took care of that intruder for you."

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I had a new feline visitor this morning. I went into the living room and found a tiny tuxedo cat sitting at the back door, looking in. After a moment, it ran away. I thought at first I'd startled it, but then the white cat came running after it. I guess this is White Cat territory.

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